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KBCraig wrote:

casselthief wrote:

None of the other 12 passengers on the bus was hurt.

let's take a look at this. "None... was hurt."
really?
The English Language that far gone that journalists don't even have to learn it.

"None" is a contraction-cum-conflation of "not one", and "Not one... was hurt" is correct.

Modern customary usage treats "none" as a plural, so "None... were hurt" would also be correct.

Kevin

ahthankyou. least somebody recognized that.

None of the other 12 passengers on the bus was hurt.

let's take a look at this. "None... was hurt."
really?
The English Language that far gone that journalists don't even have to learn it.

in that mode, I opine.

Wells, what I's be doings is duckin's mah headses as soon as thu gunses be goings offs. soundses to meh that thu suspect be puttin's thu gunses in his pantses, so's I's no see no need to be's pullin's mah gunses.
Now, if he be aimin's that thar gunses at anybody's elseseses, wells, I's maht be's inclined to be defendin's the sichy-ation.
Well's, that's a I's be doin's.

enjoy.